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Clerk 03/25/2015
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AN ORDINANCE approving the execution of a lease and first lease amendment for space in the Jefferson Building, to support the operations and services of the department of public defense.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. On May 20, 2013, the King County council adopted Ordinance 17588 creating a department of public defense within the executive branch.
2. The four independent nonprofit agencies, which had been providing public defense services to the county under contracts, were subsumed as divisions into the newly created department of public defense.
3. One of the nonprofits subsumed into the new department was the Defender Association, which had been leasing space in the Jefferson Building, located at 1401 E Jefferson St., Seattle, Washington within council district two.
5. The facilities management division determined, through consultation with the department of public defense, that continued leasing in the Jefferson Building is the most cost-effective option for the county.
6. The facilities management division successfully negotiated with the landlord of the Jefferson Building a new seventy-five month lease for the space previously leased by The Defenders Association, effective March 1, 2014.
7. Subsequent to executing the lease, clarifying language was negotiated to be included in the lease. The landlord has already agreed to amend the lease to include this new clarifying language, as set forth in a first amendment and attached as Attachment B to this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The executive is authorized to execute a Lease with Jefferson House, LLC for premises in the Jefferson Building, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, and to take all actions necessary to implement the terms of the lease.
SECTION 2. The executive is authorized to execute the first amendment to the
lease authorized under section 1 of this ordinance, substantially in the form of Attachment B to this ordinance.